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Inwatec named apprenticeship employer of the year

Every year, almost 4,000 apprentices from the different educations at Syddansk Erhvervsskole (Business College of Southern Denmark) have the opportunity to nominate their workplace the apprenticeship employer of the year. We are very proud to announce that Inwatec was awarded the 2018 edition. Automation technician apprentice Thomas Johannes Mortensen was the man behind the nomination.

“When I arrived at Inwatec, I was immediately given responsibility of testing testing machines, power boards and more … Whenever I faced problems on how to perform the tasks, I got help right away, as well as an explanation of what / how / why … I’m happy when I go to work and enjoy everything we do. Even the work that can be boring in the long run is done with a smile on my face,” wrote Thomas Johannes Mortensen.

The award is based on the following criteria: academic, collegial, management, guidance, and social. And Deputy Director of the South Danish Business School, Mette Tram Pedersen, who was part of the panel that picked the winner of the candidates, emphasized at the award ceremony that Inwatec fully meets the criteria when reading the recommendation from Thomas Johannes Mortensen:

“As an educational institution, we worry about teaching, while the apprenticeship places teach the students how to behave in a company. Both socially but also professionally with customers. The good relations between the colleagues is emphasized in Thomas’s recommendation, and he feels that he is on equal terms with the rest of the team regardless of whether it is birthday celebrations, Friday BBQs or business trips,” says Mette Tram Pedersen.

Proud boss praises colleagues

“It’s extraordinary for us that Thomas has nominated Inwatec to be apprenticeship employer of the year. Of course, I’m incredibly proud of that. Thomas emphasizes all the good things that Inwatec would like to be known for, but with apprentices like him it’s now also effortless to perform well. He is a gold nugget; a bundle of energy that always spreads a good mood wherever he is,” Mads Andresen stated before he forwarded the honors for the award:

“In fact, it’s mainly the workshop colleagues who earn the credit for the award. They know when Thomas needs to be teased – and Thomas also knows when he needs to reciprocate,” the Inwatec CEO said.

Inwatec just received the third Gazelle growth award in a row, our fourth overall, from business daily Børsen, and for Mads Andresen, it’s important to emphasize that growth and innovation are closely linked to the recruitment of both apprentices, graduates, and specialists.

Since Inwatec was founded in 2009, the company has continuously put considerable effort into spreading the word, and that strategy is not going to change.

“We work with all the knowledge and education institutions in Odense and surrounding areas, and we do everything we can to show how exciting it is to work in our field. Obviously, we need some of those who get trained, and I think that Inwatec as a company, have a social commitment to invest in the youth, “says Mads Andresen, who hired a high school pupil not long ago.

“In the spring we had two boys from 8th grade in school practice, and they had so much spark and enthusiasm that we ended up hiring one of them, Mustafa, in a study job. So now he is helping us with some artificial intelligence projects. That’s also pretty great, ” Mads Andresen says smiling.